Board Positions
2020-2021
If you're interested in making an impact on the chlamydia and gonorrhea epidemic in Douglas County, want to practice to sexual health interview skills, have a desire to improve your leadership abilities, boost your resume, or even are looking for research opportunities, APPLY for a do juSTIce board membership position!
DUE MARCH 16, 2020
These positions will be held from
April 1, 2020 through May 31, 2021
NO EXPERIENCE
NEEDED, JUST MOTIVATED LEADERS NEEDED
Testimonies from Current Leaders
Koree Willer
Vice President
Medical Student
Creighton University
I joined the Do juSTIce program because it provided a unique opportunity to impact a population that is often overlooked. It challenged my unconscious bias and aided my skills in patient interaction. I feel that I make a direct impact to the Douglas County community. As a board member, I am stepping into a role that advances my career as a healthcare provider through leadership, trust, and advocacy. There's an opportunity to lean into those roles now, take the challenge.
Claire Baweja, RN
Student Advisor
Doctorate of Nursing Practice
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Why I Joined >
My first encounter with do juSTIce was when I signed up for a leadership position. Before that, I had never been a volunteer with do juSTIce. Now, I am a veteran board member and experienced volunteer with the group. This program allows students the much-needed skills to advance their knowledge and comfortability with working directly with patients. This project also provides a community effort towards a real-world problem. The benefit of participating in a program like this is the potential growth that one can accomplish, not only for self but for the community.
General Board Requirements
Lead at least 4 sessions/semester at DCDC (unless you are DCYC or OHB coordinator – see position description for details).
Regardless of position, it is expected that you lead a session at your respective location approximately once per month. Attend monthly board meetings. Attend training to lead sessions. Communicate and collaborate with employees of the DCDC, DCYC, OHB and student volunteers from UNMC and Creighton. All board members will be in charge of data maintenance, lab orders, and supply level checks at DCDC. All board members must feel comfortable and competent to present a pre-made educational PowerPoint presentation at Saturday sessions as well as sitting down individually with patients to go through the questionnaire with them, discussing sensitive subjects involving their sexual history, and answering sexual health-related medical questions to the best of your ability.
All board members must feel comfortable and competent to present a pre-made educational PowerPoint presentation at Saturday sessions as well as sitting down individually with patients to go through the questionnaire with them, discussing sensitive subjects involving their sexual history, and answering sexual health-related medical questions to the best of your ability.
President
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Create and disseminate the schedule for jail volunteer sessions
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Facilitate communication between all board members, community partners, supervisors, volunteers and treatment providers
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Offer support to board members in the following: curriculum revision, grant writing and publication/presentations, recruitment (including two recruitment events per year), keeping track of attendance for all volunteers and treatment providers (in your respective college)
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Scheduling monthly Do juSTIce meetings and creating agendas and minutes as well as creating the mod schedule for each semester and schedule faculty providers for each treatment day
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Update the STD presentations given at all locations yearly when new Douglas County data is released (February)
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Work with Captain Earley, board members, faculty sponsors, and the NE Public Health Lab to troubleshoot any issues that arise within a timely manner
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Work with faculty sponsors and the Office of Community Engagement to track the budget
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Update and maintain technology implementation of the group with the assistance of the board members.
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Lead a minimum of 4 sessions per semester at the DCDC – this is approximately once per month
Vice President
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Assist in recruitment meetings
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Assist in grant writing
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Track the lab results via NuLIRT
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Communicate weekly with volunteers by sending reminder emails and informational materials prior to each volunteer session.
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Assist with various leadership tasks
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Update and maintain technology implementation of the group with the assistance of the board members.
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Lead a minimum of 4 sessions per semester at the DCDC – this is approximately once per month
Secretary
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Assist presidents and vice presidents in recruitment meetings.
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Collect applications from prospective volunteers and distributes them to the appropriate team members.
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They will also reconcile the active volunteer list with the jail’s volunteer list every 6 months to remove any volunteers who have not volunteered within the past 6 semesters.
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Assist in file reconciliation
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Assist in special projects and coordinating events with do juSTIce.
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Liaison between the office of Community Engagement and the board.
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Update and maintain technology implementation of the group with the assistance of the board members.
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Keep logs of historical events associated with the board.
Omaha Home for Boys Coordinator
Omaha Home for Boys (OHB) is a group home serving at risk youths, both males and females. Our service at OHB is education for a handful of youth to occur typically on the 3rd Monday of the month, but there is flexibility if your schedule is more stable or predictable on a different recurring day.
Responsibilities include:
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Leading monthly educational sessions using a pre-made PowerPoint
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Acting as a liaison between Do juSTIce and OHB
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Tracking attendance of volunteers and participants
**If you are splitting responsibility for education sessions with another leader, it is expected that you lead a minimum of 2 sessions per semester at the DCDC.
Douglas County Youth Center Coordinator
Douglas County Youth Center (DCYC) is a juvenile detention center. There is no testing at DCYC since all the residents get tested upon entry. Our service at DCYC is sexual education for the youth.
Responsibilities include:
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Leading monthly or bi-monthly educational sessions using a pre-made PowerPoint
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Acting as a liaison between Do juSTIce and DCYC
**If you are splitting responsibility for education sessions with another leader, it is expected that you lead a minimum of 2 sessions per semester at the DCDC.
Special Projects Coordinator
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Help run interest group meetings and other promotional events to garner interest from potential volunteers
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Gather background check applications
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Coordinate volunteer signup for orientation dates
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Work with DCDC liaison to schedule new volunteers for orientation
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Help run the Do juSTIce listserv
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Lead a minimum of 4 sessions per semester at the DCDC
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Aide in upcoming special projects including grant writing, evaluation of existing program, and expansion of program to other service sites
Outreach Coordinator
We are always seeking to expand our organization in order to educate, test and treat as many patients as possible. Expansion, whether through other schools in the area (i.e. Clarkson, St. Mary’s, Methodist, etc.), recruiting new providers from both UNMC and Creighton, as well as engagement in new programs geared at populations such as the LGBTQIA+, helps to broaden our impact in the community as a whole.
Responsibilities include:
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Networking
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Acting as liaison for any outreach
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Devising new ways to reach our community
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Lead a minimum of 4 sessions per semester at the DCDC – this is approximately once per month.
Grant Projects Coordinator
Our funding for supplies is completely through Douglas County Corrections, however, we used to have grant funding which supported additional programs and the ability to have t-shirts for our volunteers. This is no longer the case. This position was created to find the resources to grow our outreach.
Responsibilities include:
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Looking into and applying for grants for which Do juSTIce might qualify
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Brainstorm other means of fundraising
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Investigate different funding ideas from within each University system
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Lead a minimum of 4 sessions per semester at the DCDC – this is approximately once per month
Collegiate Representative
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Help actively recruit students from respective colleges associated with your University to join do juSTIce and DCYC.
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Maintain contact with heads of class members or faculty and aid in recruitment.
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Assist other board members with various tasks or programs like DCYC or Omaha Home for Boys when necessary.
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Lead a minimum of 4 sessions per semester at the DCDC – this is approximately once per month
**If you are splitting responsibility for education sessions with another leader, it is expected that you lead a minimum of 2 sessions per semester at the DCDC.
Research and Development Partner
Do juSTIce captures weekly data concerning STDs and the inmate population. This data is available for further investigation in an appropriate study design. We would love to work with a Doctoral student, College of Public Health student, or Master’s student seeking to create and extrapolate and interpret this data. Please note: that depending on your college, you may NOT be allowed to participate in some functions (i.e. administering medications) to the inmates.
Responsibilities include:
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Assist with grant writing or creating a capstone project from our data.
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Assist or create study designs associated with our data, population, or topic.
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Extrapolate data and interpret it
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Publish or present data in a formal setting.
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Lead 2-4 sessions per semester at the DCDC – this is approximately once per month